Charter Oak Cultural Center

Sign up Monday, March 16, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, at Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford, for our new Montessori classes for infants and parents. To apply, contact Susan Mazer, director of youth programs at Charter Oak, at 860-310-2590 or susanm@charteroakcenter.org. The Charter Oak Cultural Center, with funding from Christ Church Cathedral, is offering a new weekly Parent/Infant Montessori Class, April 24 through May 29. The Friday classes will run 9 to 11 am at Charter Oak, 21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford. They are free to Hartford residents. The newborns and infants must not yet be walking. The focus will be on language, movement and brain development through...

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will give a talk about his latest book, written with Mark Salter, on Monday, March 9, at a luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza, 100 Berlin Road, Rte. 372, Cromwell, presented by R.J. Julia Booksellers of...

HARTFORD — The city's Zoning Board of Appeals Tuesday unanimously upheld a cease and desist order that could force a nontraditional family to dissolve or sell its West End home.
The eight adults and three children live in a nine-bedroom brick mansion,...

The January 7th terrorist attack in Paris on the staff of the magazine, Charlie Hebdo, shocked the world. The magazine is known for its satirical cartoons, making fun of just about everyone. Our panel, including Bob Englehart, long-time editorial...

Years ago, when Louisa Barton-Duguay lived in Moncton, New Brunswick, she was a social justice activist, including helping plan a summit for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Today, Barton-Duguay lives in Connecticut and is poor...

Both David Reed-Brown and Robin Lynch knew what they wanted to do with their lives when they were very young. Lynch was found dangling from her crib as a baby, the beginning of a lifelong love of aerial stunts. Reed-Brown did magic shows starting at age...

Every major city has one, or needs one: a group of independent, like-minded classical musicians who buck programming trends and play works by neglected (i.e. living) composers.
Ours is the Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra, or HICO, who'll perform...

A free celebration at the Hartford Public Library will launch "Hartford Through Time" ($22.95), a book published by the library's Hartford History Center. The launch party will be held Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the Center, 500 Main...

Writing the Future: Jewish Community Campaign Asks Students for Their Vision of the Future-in 18 Words or Less
Young minds and new ideas play a crucial in deciding how the Jewish community in Greater Hartford's will grow, transform and thrive. That...

“Sukkah City’ is a documentary about an architecture competition that explored the creative potential of the ancient Jewish sukkah, and created a temporary exhibit of 12 sukkahs in New York City.
The film will be shown at Charter Oak Cultural Center,...

The Mark Twain House & Museum and Harriet Beecher Stowe Center will present two talks on social issues at the Twain House Museum Center, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford.
On Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m., Katha Pollitt, a longtime columnist for The...

In July 2011, same-sex marriage was legalized in New York by the state legislature. In the months leading up to the historic decision, Laura Kruger paid close attention to foes of the measure. "There was such hatred. People were irrational. Their...

Want to know the ins and outs of the Broadway musical? Just ask Seth Rudetsky.
What show to take to your kids to see? Why some musicals make it and others don't? What was amazing or startling or bizarre about a particular show tune by Streisand or...

"The Honeymooners" as a musical? The folks at Goodspeed are hoping it's a "Bang, zoom, straight to the moon" idea.
The East Haddam-based theater, in association with Jeffrey Finn productions, will present a private workshop of a new...

Randal Thurston calls his artwork "a little bit of a high-wire act."
"I don't design anything. I take the individual components and look at them and see what will work," said Thurston. "I want to make something that could exist...

The Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford is presenting the first Feminist Film Festival Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 18 to 20, at three venues in Hartford and New Britain. The festival is part of Girlcott, a long series of events that shine a light on...

Clare Gallery at the Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry and the Charter Oak Cultural Center present Between The Lines: Works by Carole P. Kunstadt, an exhibition of works by the New York artist, B.F.A., Hartford Art School. The partnership presents two...

HARTFORD — Protesters marched to Hartford police headquarters Wednesday to demand that the department drop its charges against a teenager who was shot by a Taser last week.
Hartford police Det. Shawn Ware shocked 18-year-old Luis Anglero Jr. with a Taser...

Ralph Gagliardo's grandfather had a garden at his home in South Windsor, and today, Gagliardo tends some vegetable gardens himself. They're in two big pots outside the First Presbyterian Church next door to the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in...